Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 9/6/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of September 6, 2004
- European reluctance on genocide accusations in Darfur
European states showed reluctance to agree with the US description of what is taking place in the Sudanese Darfur as a genocide. A spokesman for the German foreign ministry Walter Lendner said that Berlin wants to reach a consensus at the UN Security Council concerning the crisis. Sudan-European Union, Politics, 9/11/2004 - Abuja negotiations suspended, new wave of displacement in Darfur
Talks between the Sudanese government and representatives for the rebels in Darfur were suspended until September 24, hours after its resumption to reach a solution for a problem that is 19 months old. Sudan, Politics, 9/11/2004 - U.S. presents new resolution on Darfur to U.N. Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/11/2004
- Khartoum rejects Powell's accusations, rebels welcome it
The Sudanese government strongly rejected the description made by the US secretary of state Colin Powell that what is taking place in Darfur is a genocide. The Sudanese foreign affairs minister Najib al-Kheir Abdul Wahab considered that Powell's testimony before the Congress will lead to the escalation of tension in the area. Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/10/2004 - Abuja negotiations over Darfur are in a deadlock
News reports said yesterday that Abuja negotiations between the Sudanese government and the rebels reached a deadlock, as both the government and the rebels clung to the needs that their demands be included in the African draft project to establish security. Sudan, Politics, 9/10/2004 - Turabi's party denies involvement in disturbances attempt
The Sudanese government accused the Sudanese People's Congress party led by Hassan al-Turabi of " conspiring to implement disturbances operations " and detained 14 of its members. Sudan, Politics, 9/9/2004 - Powell defines today Washington's position towards the crisis in Darfur
The US secretary of state Colin Powell prepared today to decide whether the US considers the crisis in Darfur to the west of Sudan is a case of genocide or not Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/9/2004 - Egyptian exempted from getting visas before entering Sudan Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/9/2004
- African efforts to eliminate the standstill talks over Darfur
The African Union is embarking on formulating new security proposal in an attempt to end the blocked peace talks between the Sudanese government and the rebels of Darfur held in Abuja, Nigeria since August 23. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 9/8/2004 - 3,000 Sudanese homeless since the beginning of the month
A UN report issued on Sunday said that the continued violence in that Darfur resulted since the end of August to displacing more than 3,000 persons. The report said that the villages which are situated to the south of Zamzam city near al-Fasher, the capital of northern Darfur was exposed to attacks on August 31, but the side responsible for that has not been identified yet. Sudan, Politics, 9/7/2004 - Inter- Sudanese negotiations were resumed in Abuja over Darfur
It was due that negotiations between the Sudanese government and the " Sudan liberation" and " Justice and equality " movements in Western Sudan would resume to solve the Darfur crisis. Sudan, Politics, 9/7/2004 - Sudanese Interior Minister Arrives in Damascus Syria-Sudan, Politics, 9/6/2004